Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• lift off: To take off vertically, as a rocket or helicopter.
• going on: To continue doing something
• go towards: To move in the direction of someone or something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• see through: To realize the truth about
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• in the trenches: Engaged directly and actively in difficult work or conflict.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• go on: To continue doing something
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• respond: To answer something or someone
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• display: (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• misinformation: Information that is incorrect
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• cosmonaut: Person trained to travel in a spacecraft